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 Document available also in Croatian: ![](session:hr.assistingpeopleinisolation).
 
-## Examples of communities organising assistance
+# Examples of communities organising assistance
 
 [Neighbours helping neighbours in home isolation in Vienna](https://www.facebook.com/wienzufuss/photos/a.458468684246706/2800060280087523/?type=3&theater)[^1]
 
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 [COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: a list by Freedom News](https://freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/)
 
-## Rationale for organising assistance
+# Rationale for organising assistance
 
 The most significant thing people can do to reduce the virus spread and the mortality is to practice social distancing and self-isolation. People belonging to at-risk groups (over 60 years of age and/or suffering from chronic conditions such as cardiovascular and heart diseases, high or low blood pressure, diabetes, lung or immune system diseases), or people who have recently travelled to outbreak zones, or people who have onset symptoms and are advised by their physician to go into isolation, have to stay at home and avoid contact with others. Thereby they avoid the risk of being infected or infecting others.
 
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 If you are not in an at-risk group and wish to organise as a group or as an individual to assist your family members, friends, neighbours or strangers, here are the things you can take into consideration to build different scenarios how to assist them in their needs during home isolation:
 
-## Let them know you are ready to assist
+# Let them know you are ready to assist
 
 You can let them know that you can provide assistance by ringing them up, leaving a note under or next to their door, or posting a note in the building entrance. You can also publicise it on social media or on a webpage, but assume that older people might not be Internet-savvy, so rely on paper and phone. Leave a phone number as a contact i basic information about yourself or your group. Let them know in your note that if they themselves might not need assistance that they can inform their friends and family who might need assistance that you are offering assistance. 
 
-## What to consider when arranging assistance
+# What to consider when arranging assistance
 
 When arranging assistance make sure to:
 - Go with the person in home isolation through the following [guideline](https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/self-isolation-and-limited-social-interaction.html) of what they have to do during their home isolation and what they need to organise their life in that way?
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 - Do they have a house pet? Does it need to be walked?
 - Do they have money? Do they have cash? Can they pay online? Do they have a trusted person who can withdraw cash for them? Do they need financial assistance?
 
-## What to consider when delivering items
+# What to consider when delivering items
 
 When delivering things, consider also the following:
 - Avoid close contact to prevent the transmission of the virus by air. 
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 - If you can't avoid direct social contact, the person in isolation should wear a mask. First leave them a mask if they don't have one.
 - Carefully handle the items in order to avoid transmission of the virus via surfaces. Use disposable gloves to handle items you will deliver and things you are taking over.
 
-## What to consider if you live with the person in home isolation
+# What to consider if you live with the person in home isolation
 
 Persons who are in isolation, either because they might be or are infected, or because they belong to one of the at-risk groups, frequently will live in a shared household with other people. For those who are older, seriously ill, infirm or disabled who depend on the assistance of others, yet live in locations and situations where such assistance cannot be provided by qualified institutions and trained carers, the advised social distancing and isolation might not be easily implementable, and direct contact will be necessary. If you are a live-in carer, consider the advice for carers for children or someone else in self-isolation in the following [guideline](https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/self-isolation-and-self-quarantine/how-to-self-isolate.html).
 
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 - Maintain the distance (a meter at the least) if you're not providing direct support, use the mask for as long as you are in the same room, and wash your hands before and after the contact.
 - Desinfect the surfaces, separate out their rubbish, particularly tissues, and 
 
-## Maintain regular contact and provide emotional support
+# Maintain regular contact and provide emotional support
 
 Check-in with them on a regular basis. Listen. Engage. Consider the following:
 - Do they have everything they need? Are they feeling well? Do they need medical assistance? 
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 - If you think they are not emotionally well, have a psychological help hotline at hand and advise them to seek consultation.
 - If you desire to get informed on how to provide autonomous psychological support, consider looking at the topic ![Psycho-social autonomy](topic:psychosocialautonomy) in our Pirate Care Syllabus.
 
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+# Notes
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 [^1]: The note says: Dear neighbours! - If you are over 65 years of age or have an immune disease, i.e. weakened immune system, we (Fredi and Andi - Door 12) want to support you so you can stay healthy. / We don't belong to an at-risk group and we can land you a helping hand. If you have errands to be done (shopping and other activities in public), we are glad to be able to help. You can simply leave us a note on our door, in our mailbox or simply call at +43... Together Vienna will make it through the pandemic <3. / Kind regards, Fredi and Andi
 
 [^2]: Translation by Bue Rübner Hansen:  ORGANIZE SOLIDARITY IN YOUR BUILDINGS AND STREETS - What can you do?: 1⃣ Organize yourselves in groups in your building or along your section of the street to identify the people who need support and help with things such: grocery shopping, childcare, etc.; 2⃣ In order to organize yourself, you can: convene meetings of stairscases or street sections, visit all floors in your building to know the situation in each flat, install an information board at your entrance.; 3⃣ It is important to let everyone know that they are not alone, that they can count on the help of the neighborhood.; 4⃣ Generate communication channels between everyone in the building or street section. Both digital (via mobile phone) and physical (a sign at the entrance can be enabled to keep everyone informed and share needs); 5⃣ All of this should be done following the health care tips to avoid spreading the infection.